Past tense of feather
regular verb
The past tense of feather is feathered. The past participle is also feathered.
Forms of feather
| Base form (V1) | feather /ˈfɛðə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | feathered |
| Past participle (V3) | feathered |
| Present participle | feathering |
| Third person singular | feathers |
Feathered in a sentence
- Olondaw had taught Hazeleye how to use her bow and arrows, and that each might know the result of his or her own shooting, he had feathered her arrow with white and his own with red.1912, Frances, Object-lessons on Temperance, Or, The Indian Maiden and Her White Deer, page 117
- She feathered her arrows in the Seneca fashion, two lengths of feather tied on with a spiral twist, so they would spin in flight.2007, Thomas Perry, Vanishing Act, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 302
- The propeller blades' pitch went to 90° as the engine was feathered.From the entry pitch
- Some birds are feathered tufts of color so resplendent that they stand out brilliantly from their surroundings.2024 October 31, Ari Daniel, “How parrot plumage gets its dazzling reds and yellows”, in NPR, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2025. From the entry resplendent
- A catchpole at Elsinore named Osric, while showing me its workings, set his feathered cap aflame.2016 February 19, John O’Donnell, chapter XV, in Revenge at Elsinore, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, published 12 January 2017, →ISBN…. From the entry mortificate
Meaning of feather
- noun A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
- noun Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
- noun One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
Questions about the past tense of feather
- What is the past tense of feather?
- The past tense of feather is feathered.
- What is the past participle of feather?
- The past participle of feather is feathered.
- Is feather a regular or irregular verb?
- Feather is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: feather (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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